MOSCOW, December 14 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
Brooklyn-born opera diva, and Karita Mattila, a leading Finnish opera soprano.Netrebko is the youngest Russian musician to receive the award. The first Russian to be honored was Composer Igor Stravinsky, followed by Vladimir Horowitz, a Russian-American pianist, George Balanchine, a Russian ballet choreographer of Georgian descent, Nathan Milstein, a Russian violinist who took United States citizenship in 1942, and the remarkable cellist Mstislav Rostropovich.
Together with famous conductor Yury Bashmet and Vladimir Spivakov's Moscow Virtuosi chamber orchestra the opera diva has also been nominated for the prestigious Grammy Award. The 50th Grammy Awards Ceremony will be held at Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 10, 2008 where Netrebko's Russian Album is up for the Best Classical Vocal Performance category.
One of the most popular sopranos, Anna has sold millions of copies of her discs. In early 2007 U.S. Time magazine placed the singer as
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